Best 2018 Links

It’s that time of year. You’re thinking: “how can I make this a better year than last?” Maybe you need a resolution. But no, I’ve found that New Years Resolutions rarely survive the first six or seven days of January. Which is why I started the My 3 Words practice back in 2006. Let me share it with you!

It’s time to speculate about what 2018 will bring. Condemned by science and denigrated by much of society, you might think that astrological predictions are fluffy woo-woo that won’t help you navigate the year ahead. But that’s not because astrology itself is inaccurate. It’s because astrology has been ruined by modern psychology. Astrology’s contemporary flavor...

Some of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley are regulars at exclusive, drug-fueled, sex-laced parties—gatherings they describe not as scandalous, or even secret, but as a bold, unconventional lifestyle choice. Yet, while the guys get laid, the women get screwed. In an adaptation from her new book, Brotopia, Emily Chang exposes the tired and toxic dynamic at play.

Perhaps it was just another sign of how Europe and the United States are moving apart, but in March 2005, when the U.S. Congress was considering the approval of longer shifts for U.S. truckers, the number of hours worked by European truckers actually decreased.

Over your career, you develop expertise. But is your expertise recognized? You won’t gain the recognition you deserve until you demonstrate what you know in a compelling way. One of the best vehicles is an impressive presentation where you communicate your knowledge.

In the mid-1930s, the Federal Writers’ Project interviewed thousands of former slaves, some of whom claimed the president came to their plantations disguised as a beggar or a peddler, telling them they’d soon be free.

That charming verb dote is defined by Oxford as “To be infatuatedly fond of; to bestow excessive love or fondness on or upon; to be foolishly in love.” In 1477, Earl Rivers’ (Caxton) Dictes has “Thyngis that a prynce ought to eschewe . . . the therde, dotyng of women.” In 1530, Palsgrave declared, “It is a gret madnesse to dote upon an other mans wyfe.”